[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 85 (Friday, May 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24111-24112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11443]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection Submitted to OMB for
Emergency Review and Approval
April 28, 1997.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission has requested Office of
Management and Budget (``OMB'') approval, under the emergency
processing provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for the
FCC Annual Survey of Cable Industry Prices (``1997 Price Survey''). OMB
approval is requested to be effective no later than June 5, 1997. The
Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork
burden, invites the general public and other federal agencies to take
this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13.
Comments should address: (a) whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimates; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before June 2, 1997.
If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice,
you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Timothy Fain, Office of Management
and Budget, Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, 202-395-3561 or via
internet at fain__t@al.eop.gov, and to Dorothy Conway, Federal
Communications, Room 234, 1919 M
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St., NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via internet to dconway@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For copies of the proposed 1997 Price
Survey contact Dorothy Conway at 202-418-0217 or via internet at
dconway@fcc.gov. Copies may also be obtained by contacting the
Commission's Fax on Demand System. To obtain fax copies, call 202-418-
0177 from the handset on your fax machine, and enter the document
retrieval number when prompted. The document retrieval number is
000647. The proposed 1997 Price Survey is also posted on the
Commission's internet site at: http//www.fcc.gov/formpage.html. The
internet posting can be accessed by downloading the Adobe Reader and
then the 1997 Price Survey PDF file. For additional information
concerning this information collection requirement contact Dr. Kiran
Duwadi at 202-418-7200.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Cable Television Consumer Protection and
Competition Act of 1992 (``Cable Act'') requires the Commission to
publish an annual statistical report on average rates for basic cable
service, cable programming service and equipment. The report must
compare the prices charged by cable systems subject to effective
competition and those that are not subject to effective competition.
The 1997 Price Survey is intended to collect the data needed to prepare
this report. For the 1997 Price Survey, the Commission will provide the
survey and receive responses by means of the internet. We will also
provide diskette copies of the survey to respondents so that cable
operators without internet access will have automated copies of the
survey to complete. We will also provide paper versions of the survey
to all respondents in the event that some respondents do not have
access to the internet or a computer.
OMB Approval Number: 3060-0647.
Type of Review: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously
approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 635.
Estimated Time Per Response: 8 hours.
Total Annual Burden to Respondents: 5,080 hours. The Commission
estimates that the average burden to respondents for gathering the data
and completing and filing the 1997 Price Survey will be 8 hours. The
survey will be sent to a total of 635 respondents. 635 responsesx8
hours=5,080 hours.
Total Cost to Respondents: $2,000. We estimate that a significant
portion of respondents (an estimated 400 out of 635) will opt for the
purchase of computer diskettes to complete the 1997 Price Survey. 400
respondents x $5 per diskette = $2,000.
Needs and Uses: The 1997 Price Survey will be distributed to
randomly selected groups of competitive and noncompetitive cable
systems. The data collected will be used by the Commission to monitor
cable prices and to determine whether the goal of the Cable Act is
being met; that goal being to ensure that rates charged for basic and
cable programming services by cable operators not subject to effective
competition are reasonable in comparison with rates charged by
operators subject to effective competition. The results of the survey
will be published in an annual report on cable industry prices.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-11443 Filed 5-1-97; 8:45 am]
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